Cool All About Birds images

Some cool all about birds images:

northern flickr


Image by qmnonic
northern flickr (yellow shafted) – second marsh, oshawa, ontario

Cool Facts:
- Although it can climb up the trunks of trees and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker prefers to find food on the ground. Ants are its favorite food, and the flicker digs in the dirt to find them. It uses its long barbed tongue to lap up the ants.

Source:
Northern Flickr – All About Birds

hairy woodpecker


Image by qmnonic
hairy woodpecker (female) – second marsh, oshawa, ontario

Identification:
- Hairy is bigger than a Downy
- Hairy has no black spots on the white tail feathers – a Downy does.
- Males have a red patch on the back of their heads

Cool Facts:
- The Hairy Woodpecker is attracted to the heavy blows a Pileated Woodpecker makes when it is excavating a tree. The hairy forages in close association with the larger woodpecker, pecking in the deep excavations and taking insects that the pileated missed.

Source:
Hairy Woodpecker – All About Birds

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